68BNo interference with equipment on buses, ferries or trains

68B No interference with equipment on buses, ferries or trains

68B No interference with equipment on buses, ferries or trains

(1) A passenger must not, without reasonable excuse—

(a) interfere with any equipment attached to or forming part of a bus, ferry or train, or

(b) interfere with any part of a security camera system or duress alarm system fitted to a bus in accordance with clause 82 or cause or permit any such interference, or

(c) block a bus door or train door, or

(d) open a locked bus door or train door at any time, or

(e) open an unlocked bus door while the bus is in motion, or

(f) open an unlocked train door (other than an internal door or a door between carriages) while the train is moving, or

(g) in any way interfere with an automatically operated bus door or train door, or

(h) use the public address or other communications system of a ferry.

Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.

(2) A person must not, without reasonable excuse, do any of the following—

(a) use the public address system of a train or on a station or at a light rail stop,

(b) use any other communications system or information system of a train or on a station or at a light rail stop or on any other part of the infrastructure of a railway, or any emergency help point for passengers, for a purpose other than the purpose for which it is provided,

(c) apply or release any brake on a train,

(d) use or interfere with any emergency or safety equipment on a station or at a light rail stop or on any other part of the infrastructure of a railway,

(e) operate or otherwise interfere with any electrical or mechanical apparatus or device that is on railway premises or is attached to, or forms part of, any train,

(f) throw any article or thing at or towards, or otherwise interfere with, any electricity supply line or any electrical or mechanical apparatus on railway premises.

Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.